WEBVTT ANTHON IT WAS IN THAT INCIDENT THAT HE WAS HIT AND KILLED ON HIS ICICLE. WE SPOKE TO THIS FAMILY TODAY WHO IS BEGGING FOR THE DRIVER IN THIS INCIDENT TO COME FORWARD. VIEWER VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMEN AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY RICHARD WATSON WAS HIT AND LEFT FOR DEAD THURSDAY NIGHT IN LAKE WORTH. DEPUTIES ARE USING SURVEILLANC VIDEO FROM THIS NEARBY CONVENIENCE STORE TO HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY BOTH THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER. BUT SO FAR -- >> STILL THEY HAVE NOTHING SO WHOEVER IT WAS, THERE WAS NO SKID MARKS OR ANYTHING, THEY DIDN’T EVEN TRY TO STOP. THEY HAD TO HIT HIM VERY HARD TO KNOCK HIM THAT FAR. ANTHONY: HIS MOTHER DIANE SAYS RICHARD HAD SEVERAL RUN-INS WITH THE LAW OVER THE YEARS. BUT THIS IS HOW SHE REMEMBERS HIM BEST. >> THAT’S MY SON AND THERE’S NO REASON WHY HE SHOULD BE OFF THIS EARTH. YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BURY YOUR CHILDREN. THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BURY ME. ANTHONY: AND AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE DRIVER, SHE HAS ONE REQUEST. >> I WANT THIS PERSON TO COME FORWARD. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN, BUT IF THEY DO AND THIS HAPPENED TO ONE OF THEIRS, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? I SPOKE TO HIM THE DAY BEFORE ON WEDNESDAY AND THE LAST WORDS I SAID TO HIM WERE I LOVE YO ANTHONY: THE FAMILY SAY THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A PROPER BURIAL. MEANTIME, THEY ARE ASKING AGAIN FOR THE SUSPECT TO COME FORWARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THEIR CAUSE YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AT WPB

Investigators with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the person who was driving a car that hit and killed a man in Lake Worth Thursday night.Deputies say 50-year-old Richard Watson was riding his bike in the 1400 block of S. Dixie Highway when he was hit and killed. Now his family is begging for the driver to come forward. Viewer video shows the moments after investigators say Watson was hit and left for dead. Now deputies are using surveillance video from a nearby convenience store to hopefully identify both the vehicle and the driver. “Still they have nothing. So whoever it was, there was no skid marks or anything. They didn’t even try to stop. They had to hit him very hard to knock him that far,” said mother Diane McCall. She said Watkins had several run-ins with the law over the years. But that’s not how she defines her son. “This is my son and there’s no reason why he should be off this earth. You’re not supposed to bury your children. They’re supposed to bury me, ” McCall said. As the search continues for the driver, she has one request. “I want this person to come forward. I don’t know if they have children but if they do and this happened to one of theirs what would they do?” “I spoke to him the day before on Wednesday and the last words I said to him were 'I love you,'” she added.The family is now working to raise money for a proper burial. Click here to donate or for more information. https://www.gofundme.com/our-brother039s-final-expenses?fbclid=IwAR3niWSm8zdrrXY6RjcqzZ6_AkeGzkt9akgfj3s05jwvPz_FgQm7rl7SAZo

LAKE WORTH, Fla. —

Investigators with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the person who was driving a car that hit and killed a man in Lake Worth Thursday night.

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Deputies say 50-year-old Richard Watson was riding his bike in the 1400 block of S. Dixie Highway when he was hit and killed. Now his family is begging for the driver to come forward.

Viewer video shows the moments after investigators say Watson was hit and left for dead.

Now deputies are using surveillance video from a nearby convenience store to hopefully identify both the vehicle and the driver.

“Still they have nothing. So whoever it was, there was no skid marks or anything. They didn’t even try to stop. They had to hit him very hard to knock him that far,” said mother Diane McCall.

She said Watkins had several run-ins with the law over the years.

But that’s not how she defines her son.

“This is my son and there’s no reason why he should be off this earth. You’re not supposed to bury your children. They’re supposed to bury me, ” McCall said.

As the search continues for the driver, she has one request.

“I want this person to come forward. I don’t know if they have children but if they do and this happened to one of theirs what would they do?”

“I spoke to him the day before on Wednesday and the last words I said to him were 'I love you,'” she added.

The family is now working to raise money for a proper burial. Click here to donate or for more information.